After nearly eight years when intellectual curiosity and an appreciation for nuance were viewed as suspect, does the Obama election herald a restoration for the...
Posted by: seamusm | (2) Comments Last comment: 11/8/2008 9:05:23 PM by glendam
Efforts to restore its recitation have resulted in a dispute.
Posted by: barb | (4) Comments Last comment: 11/15/2008 7:30:45 PM by glendam
New polling and a trickle of stories from the battleground states suggest that Sen. Barack Obama's coalition includes one unlikely group: white voters with negative...
Posted by: seamusm | (3) Comments Last comment: 10/20/2008 2:47:56 PM by ademers1980
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A Saudi Arabian oil tanker with 25-member crew has been captured by Somali pirates off the coast of the Kenya, officials in the US military and British Foreign Office has confirmed.
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The Al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan attacked Obama's support for Israel, and used derogatory racial comments
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Archaeologists say this is a 2,000-year-old golden earring discovered beneath a parking lot next to the walls of Jerusalem's old city.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in a nationally televised address Wednesday that he would deploy short-range missiles near Poland if the Obama administration pressed ahead with plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe.
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Just days after Somali pirates pulled off the biggest seaborne hijacking in history, an Indian warship destroyed a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden.
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In a video released Wednesday, Al-Qaida's number 2 insulted Obama by calling him a "house negro". He continued to proclaim all the other usual insults against America.
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An excavation led by Thomas Levy of the University of California, San Diego, and Mohammad Najjar of Jordan’s Friends of Archaeology has unearthed an ancient center for copper production in Jordan, prompting speculation that it might be Solomon's mines.
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A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants.
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Said to have been built just after the Ice Age ended.
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A lot of their ill gotten gains have been pumped into developing their local villages.
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I hope so, too, Glenda. Perpetrating the lie about him being Muslim really didn't help things much. Focusing too much on such issues takes the...
(in Al-Qaida Leader Attacks Obama)
Actually, Glendam, Sarah Palin was trying to conflate all terrorists, and then trying to link them all to Obama. That's why, whenever they...
Maybe some of the people who believe Obama is a Muslim will pay attention to this and realize he's not.BTW Seamus, Palin was talking a...
Sort of modern day Robin Hoods. But it isn’t right. What would Robin Hood be considered today- a hero or a thug?
(in Somali Pirates Riches Turn Villages Into Boomtow)
I think I'll do that. :) Most of my beading as of late has been rosaries, but I'm starting to get some more creative juices working.
(in Golden Earring Found in Jerusalem Dates to Time )
It goes to show, too, that racism certainly isn't restricted to North America and Europe.
Thank goodnesss that Al-qaida doen't like our next President! This shows that Obama has a mind of his own.
There are a few Muslims at my school, and they all wanted Obama to win.Also, I'd think they would have something critisicing the Pres-elect...
(in Al-Qaida's Second in Command Insults Obama)
Ademers, you could always post a pic or 2 of your bead creations on your profile....
These clowns would be more likely to eat it than use it. Actually this is a hostage and booty for cash gambit, and old and venerable tradition...
(in Indian Navy attacks pirate ship)